The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-21
ODDS AND ENDS.

When men and women help each othcrl
in the government, and when the ideas 81
the Declaration OF Independence are czi%
RED out by the laws, the condition Of At
fairs will be as much better than they are
now as home affairs are when a HUSBAND
and wife help each other in their daily dli-
ties.-Lucy Stone. .
Senorita Maiilde Montoya is the first
Mexican girl to become doctor A COM
mittee OF The young men OF the Citvof
Mexico got up Il bull fight in her honOf.
and deyo,ed the proceeds TO the purchaeo
OF books and instruments for her. IA
country that is civilized enough to havo
women doctors ought 10 abandon bull
fights.
There ia much shrewdness in Col Hig-
ginson's remark, hat the few women Wild
still heartily uphold the theory OF women's
rightlul subjecton may usually be divided
inlo to two classes: "l.ither they are
young girls who know If only through
novels, or they are mairuns OF the most
determined character, who rule their hus-
bands with rod OF irun."
A Parisah version OF Wagner opera.
seems to be contradic,io in ipso. But id
will be remembered that when Warner
Grand Opera in Paris for the iirst rcpresent-
alton there Of 1annhauser, the lattar
would only agree to produce it under lid
condition that the comp scr should write
ballet for it, rs IN opera without what
Carlyle calls "muslin saucer peuicoats" "a
an impossibility in the gay French cap
ital
A bright Iowa woman noting the in
81 L.,tl H.. tl.,s IL
stuffed, remarks "Now. II some one will
invcnta voter that can not he stuffed
with beer, brag or bribery, we shall have
made long stride toward better govern.
ment." II is sale to predict that women,
though the weaker vessels, win be less
easily induced to I'LL themselves with beer
than some OF our pr sent voters. The nv
erage sobriety Of the electors will undoubt-
cdly be raised by woman suffrage; and
that in itself will be a step toward better
government.
II appears that 5000 children OF this city
have been excluded from the public schools
for the very sufficient reason that there
was no room for them. And this with the
Catholic and parOchial schools over aud
abovel The board of education is now ask
ing for ST. l5l 900 for sites and new build
ings. Probably the appropriation will not
| be denied, but it would be well II one
tenth oi that sum were devoted to the pur-
poses Of real education. ,ls apart frOm the
! marvellous compound Of siudi : which to-
/ day bcwildcrs the minds Of both teachers
| and pupils. Our public school system
needs u thorough dus,ing IN sitting in al
| ils Departments, irDm the bOard 81 Cduca-
ton down.-New York Catholic Review.
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with the proposal of q treaty providing
that any future difficulties between the
| United States and Great Britain snail be
settled by arbitration instead Of by war.
| Ninty-ninc wars out oi Il hundred arc not
only crimes but blunder Advancing
civilization * sure Ia iinl some better way
OF settling national differences than by
mutual slaughter. D,lrls between man
and man are now condemned by public
| opinion; duels between naion and nation
arr only a bigger and hlackcr illustration
Of the slmc uncivilizcd principle. FINER.
son said that all his ideas would b, r..
allied twice ~ sOol ii women voted, and
| the peace commissioners now Writing this
country might say the came.
The New HAMPSHIRE House Of Repre-
scnta,ives passed bill raising the aye OF
|
\ orlhle Senate put their heads together
over il and decided that that WIS too old
| They amended the bill - as To read
thirteen, and sent il back to the House,
which WIS obliged 10 accept the amend
ment or losc the whole bill. Every such
occurrence emphasizes the need Of Woman
suffrage, and some indignant New Hamp-
shire mothers are writing to the papers to
say ~. Docs anyone suppose that those
| representatives would have put the age M
low ~ fourteen, or that tboso senator's
would have voted to put IL sill lower, II
| they had been responsible, not only 10 the
men, but also 10 the O.hcrs, oil the Gran
ite State?
Mime. Boucicault, the great Parisan
shop keeper, deserves the cross Of Knight
Of the Legion Of Honor which has been
bestowed upon her. She has given about
| 81 900, 900 10 her employees ~ a pension
fund for the sick and superannuaied, be-
sides splendid library and r,glding.room
funds, and she gives them all shares IN the
profits oi her business In her native
Town she has built 500. 900 bridge across
the SaOnc. Ia give the people a mod, ditcct
road to market, and she has distributed
more than 81 100000 TO relieve the suffer.
Crs from the phylloxcri plague. Yet she
Is not considered competent to vote, or 10
be witness 10 legal document or to
serve ns guardian TO any child not her own
direct dcsrendant. France ought 10 ~
wise its antiquaied legislation relating TO
women.
The nineteenth annual meeting Of tho
| American woman suffrage association was
held in Philadelphia, October ~ and No
| 4 . Il az
wcrr present, representing thirteen states,
/ The president the Hon. WIN. Dudley
| Foulkc, of Indiana, presided Senator A.
/ u. Harlan, Of Pennsylvania, gave the adj
/ dr.ss NJ welcome, and President Foulko
/ Responded. There we're addresses by Mis-.
! Julia Ward Howe, Mra. Lucy stone, Henry
/ r.. Blackwell, the Rev \ ;. Hunting,
/ Mrs. Margaret Campbell, DR.. Mary 4.
Thomas, MnL Mary T. llaggaTt. Col. +.
W llignsun, the Rev Anioinette
! Harper Mn. A. a. Clailin,
Rev Ada G. Bowlcs. Mis- Cora Scott Pond
and Others. I he weather was fine, tho
audiences sympathetic, and the speaking
excellent. The prrss Of the city gave
friendly pports The platform had been
beautifully decorated with tropical plants
and foliage 10y Miss Elizabeth h. Justice
and other PENNSYLVANIA friends, and tho
stirring song, ol Prof James q. Clark
added much 90 the pleasure OF the occa-
sion. Rev. Louis 4. hanks was prevented
| from being present by the unexpected
death oi one Of his children, and Miss
llindman and senator Castle 10y illness
The Rev. Reno villatie, leader in the
new movement among the Catholics,